Exclusive: government bows to protests over new term amid fears of Covid-19 infection rates
All primary schools in London are set to close for the start of the new term after the government bowed to protests and legal pressure from the capital’s local authorities.
The U-turn comes after the government initially named 50 education authorities in the south of England, including many of those in and around London, where primary schools would be closed to most pupils for the first two weeks of term.
